"Unfortunately it has confirmed our suspicions that she has met a violent and unnatural death and we are now conducting a homicide investigation in relation to what happened here," he said.

"Her injuries are consistent with suffering quite a high level of violence.

"Anyone who knows something come forward - no matter how small it is - to give us every assistance to solve this crime.

"We are looking at every aspect of the house - her life, her friends, her associates, people who visit where she goes, her routines - just so that there might be that one piece of information that seals it for us."